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- 1 2 "No, Jim Rockford hasn't moved to a trailer in Alberta's foothills". Winnipeg Free Press , February 25, 2002.
- ↑ James Muretich, "Tom Stone expected to hit Calgary like, well, a large stone". Calgary Herald , November 10, 2001.
